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REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
6:00 p.m.
The Board of Aldermen for the City of Riverside, Missouri, met in regular session in the Board
of Aldermen Chambers at City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday,
April 18, 2023.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy
Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Dawn Cockrell, Nathan Cretsinger, and Steve Palma.
Aldermen Sal LoPorto and Rob Milner were absent for closed session.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Community
Development Director Mike Duffy, HR Manager Amy Strough, Finance Director Erika Benitez;
and City Planner Sarah Wagner. City Attorney Paul Campo and Special Counsel Jennifer Fain
were also present.
MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Beck moved to enter closed session pursuant to
CLOSED @6:01 P.M. RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, and RSMo
610.021 (2) Leasing, Purchase, or sale of real estate, RSMo
610.021(3) Hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting a particular
employee, when personal information about the employee is
discussed, and RSMo 610.021 (13) Individually identifiable
personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to
employee or applicant for employment, second by Alderman
Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Palma, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 4-0.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cockrell moved at 6:36 p.m. to adjourn closed session
CLOSED @ 6:36 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 4-0.
REGULAR SESSION Mayor Kathy Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at
7:01 p.m.
Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Dawn Cockrell, Jill Beck, Rob Milner,
Nathan Cretsinger, and Steve Palma.
Alderman Sal LoPorto was absent.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy,
City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, City Engineer Travis Hoover,
Police Captain Gary McMullin, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, Human Resources Manager Amy
Strough, Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion, and Finance Director Erika
Benitez. City Attorney Paul Campo was also present.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MOTION TO AMEND Mayor Rose reported the need to amend this evening's agenda to
add a proclamation. Alderman Milner moved to amend the
agenda by adding a Proclamation for National Small Business
Week 2023 Proclamation, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Cretsinger, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
PUBLIC COMMENT Raven Kirksey, 4866 NW Homestead Terrace, Riverside MO
addressed the Mayor and Board about transportation and the need
for bus service routes for Riverside residents to be safer for
families that rely on such services. She added a few suggestions
that may be taken to the KCATA for consideration. She was given
the City Administrator's card and was asked to follow up with us
and staff was directed to have conversations with KCATA for
possible solutions.
BILL NO.2023-021 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-021.
2023 Election Certification Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place
Bill No. 2023-021 on second and final reading, second by
Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Palma, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2023-021 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Palma, Cretsinger, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
Mayor Rose wished to congratulate Aldermen Milner and Palma
on their re -elections, you are wonderful assets to this Board and
team. Alderman LoPorto is not present, but I am very grateful for
the time he has been here and the fresh young perspective to our
Board. Having a diverse age range of elected officials adds a lot to
our discussions and decisions. We welcome our newly elected
alderman, Jason Draut.
City Clerk Robin Kincaid administered the oath to Alderman
Robert N. Milner and Alderman Jason Draut.
PRESIDENT PRO TEM Alderman Cockrell moved to appoint Alderman Jill Beck to serve
as President Pro Tern for a one-year term, second by Alderman
Milner.
Yes: Cockrell, Milner, Palma, Draut, Cretsinger, and Beck.
Motion carried 6-0.
PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for Older Americans Month -
May 2023 with Debra Gwin from Platte County Senior Fund
present to receive the proclamation. Debra thanked the City for
their support.
PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for National Bike Month 2023.
PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for National Small Business
Week 2023.
BREAK Mayor Rose called for a five-minute break for pictures and cookies.
BACK FROM BREAK Mayor Rose asked for roll to be called at 7:35 p.m. Those present
were Mayor Rose, Aldermen Nathan Cretsinger, Rob Milner, Dawn
Cockrell, Jill Beck, Jason Draut, and Steve Palma (by Zoom).
CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
MINUTES OF 04-03-23 Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve the minutes of the April 3,
2023, meeting, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
COURT REPORT Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve the court report for the
month of March 2023, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-041 Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Resolution 2023-041
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2022-2023 for
weeks ending April 7' and April 1411 in the amount of
$345,530.26, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-042 Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Resolution 2023-042
Reappoint Finley - IDA reappointing Leland Finley to the Industrial Development Authority
of the City of Riverside, Missouri, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-043 Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Resolution 2023-043
Reappoint Biondo- IDA reappointing Frank Biondo to the Industrial Development Authority
of the City of Riverside, Missouri, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-044 Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Resolution 2023-044
Canon Copier — Fire Dept. approving the purchase of a Canon Multifunction Printer from All
Copy Products, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, Draut, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0
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REGULAR AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Rose opened the public hearing at 7:32 p.m. to consider
SUP Outdoor storage a Special Use Permit for outdoor storage at 4123 and 4125 NW
Riverside Street, in the City of Riverside, Missouri.
City Planner Sarah Wagner gave an overview of the request by
Goedecke and steps to this point of the process. The Planning &
Zoning Commission met, considered this request last Thursday,
and recommended approval of this SUP request with conditions
that Wagner explained. There were pictures shown, comments
added by Goedeke Company representative Mike Lang,
landowners Austin Baier and Brian Johanning, staff, Mayor, and
Board of Aldermen. City Attorney Paul Campo added comments
and answered questions regarding the maintenance agreement
that was shared with the Board this evening. Following
deliberation, it was. agreed upon to continue the public hearing
until Wednesday, April 19, at 8:30 p.m. Mayor Rose then stated
that the public hearing remains open, and she needed a motion.
Alderman Beck moved to continue the public hearing to
Wednesday, April 19th at 8:30 p.m., second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Milner, Cretsinger, Draut, and Palma.
Motion carried 6-0.
BILL NO.2023-023 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-023.
Final Plat Palisades Replat Community Development Director Mike Duffy -explained that replat
is combining two separate lots into one lot and answered
questions from the Board.
Alderman Cockrell moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-023 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cretsinger.
Yes: Cockrell, Cretsinger, Beck, Draut, Milner, and Palma.
Motion carried 6-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-023.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2023-023 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Draut, Cretsinger, and Beck.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-045 Community Development Director Mike Duffy stated that this
Permanent Spire Easement is the project in Horizons Business Park where Logistics Center 2
is being built and explained the reason and need for this
easement. This is done through the City because it is a Chapter
100 Bonds Project.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-045
approving the grant of a permanent gas line easement from the
City of Riverside to Spire Missouri Inc in connection with Lot 4
Replat of Doorlink, 1st Plat, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Milner, Draut, and Palma.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-046 Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Bennion explained the minor
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RESOLUTION 2023-046 Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Bennion explained the minor
CO 17 Crossland - Reno details of the multiple items within this change order along with the
hope that there will be only one more to finish the project up and
answered questions of the Board.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-046 approving
change order 17 to the agreement with Crossland Construction
Company, Inc. for additions and renovations Riverside Public
Safety resulting in a revised contract amount of $4,959,206.08,
second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Cockrell, and Draut.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-047 City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that we received two bids,
Rejecting all Bids MoDot Mow the low bidder had staffing issues and the remaining bid was
almost double the cost, so we are rejecting all bids and regrouping
prior to moving forward.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2023-047 rejecting
all bids for 2023 MODOT ROW Mowing, second by Alderman
Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Draut, Cockrell, Cretsinger, and Palma.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-048 City Engineer Travis Hoover reported that this is a bid to put
Award Fence Bid - CR Fence fencing back where we removed it many years ago to put fill dirt in
north of Argosy Casino. MoDot allowed us to take out ROW fence
to unload the fill dirt and that area is up to grade now. CR Fence,
LLC was the low bid.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2023-048 awarding
the bid for construction of the 2023 Tremont Fence and approving
the agreement between the City and CR Fence, LLC for
construction of such project, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Palma, Draut, and Beck.
Motion carried 6-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral stated that the meeting for
tomorrow evening has been posted and we do appreciate the
Board working through that as you did. We had a successful trip to
Jefferson City and the Mayor will report more on the trip, I am
sure. The Police and Fire have moved into their new offices.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Director Mike Duffy reported that we will have the Bike Ride on
May 8th. The Comp Plan activities include a Steering Committee
meeting on April 24th. The Consultants will be in town April 24-26.
They will be out and around the area creating some conceptual
drawings as well.
ENGINEERING Nothing to report.
FINANCE Finance Director Erika Benitez by PowerPoint presentation with
the April 2023 financial status with 75% of the year passed. Use
taxes are still doing well. Everything is tracking as expected.
Expenses were also reviewed and comparisons from 2022 to
2023 were shown and investments remain strong.
FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston reviewed the Fire Department reports
of the March 2023 activities, all remaining status quo. We are
settling in our new space.
POLICE Police Captain Gary McMullin explained the March 2023 report
and added that it shows slight increases from the previous month.
He added that everyone loves the new building, it is amazing, and
everyone really appreciates the new space. It is a great thing for
the department.
PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report.
LEVEE BOARD Nothing to report.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose wanted to reiterate what Brian reported earlier
on the Jefferson City trip, it was really, really good. We met with
key individuals, and it looks as though our requests are moving
forward and on May 51 we will know for sure. There were 15 of us
with the NRCC group. We discussed transportation, MoDot, VLTs
and sports betting. I would like to say that we need to put our
heads together and figure out what we can do as a Board to
address the transportation needs for our residents as the young
woman that came to us this evening explained. I also want to
thank the new board members. We have so much to look forward
to and exciting things to accomplish. It is an exciting time, and we
will be able to make some differences.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Milner — Congratulation to Steve and to Jason. I am
excited and look forward to my next term. Since I have started, we
have done some great things and I'm excited about another two
years.
Alderman Cockrell — Welcome and glad to have you all be a part
of the board and this exciting time.
Alderman Draut — I am looking forward to this but am completely
lost right now. I am excited to learn more about the City I live in.
Alderman Cretsinger — I would like to introduce some interim
solution for this transportation issue, lives are in danger with the
situation at hand. Welcome to Jason for the next two years. We as
a board have a vision and there are so many exciting things
happening, it is great to be a part of it, sometimes they are tough
decisions, but we work through them.
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Alderman Beck— I want to say welcome to Jason, I look forward to
working with you. The Reaching Riverside events will soon get
planned and going for this year and I am really looking forward to
that.
Alderman Milner also mentioned that he was able to participate in
the Ralph Yarl protesting and be a part of the solidarity voice for
some change and there was some exciting news today regarding
that. Also, my wife is having her business launch this coming
Monday, not far from here, at I -Works 6-8 p.m., if you are
interested, let me know and I will forward you the flyer.
Alderman Palma — Congratulations to Jason and Robert and I look
forward to the next couple years.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Milner moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m.,
second by Aldef brvCdckrell:
Yes: Uri In�r','Cockreil; �aldma, Draut, Cretsinger, and Beck.
Moti6m4carrietl
Robin Kincaid, City Clerk
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